Imby

Imby Gastrointestinal review

Name: Imby Gastrointestinal
Brand: Imby

58.9/100Good

DryAdult

A grain-free kibble that puts insect at 33% and turns the rest of the label over to digestion. It lands in our Good band. The fibre is generous on purpose, and a careful reader will find nothing on the list to mind.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Easily unsettled digestion, with FOS at 0.7% and beet pulp working together
A careful food trial, insect being the one animal protein on the list
Dogs kept away from grain
Older dogs feeling their joints, glucosamine and chondroitin each at 200 mg/kg
A protein your dog has almost certainly never met

Worth watching

Insect is new to most bowls, so a set-in-their-ways eater wants a slow changeover
Glucosamine and chondroitin usually come from shellfish and cartilage, worth raising with the vet on a trial
Carbohydrate at an estimated 44.5% of dry matter, a fair share from plants

Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.

How this scores

How we score

58.9/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults of every size. The energy figure is our estimate, so treat the feeding guide as a starting point and let the waistline fine-tune it.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

The score, in context

Imby Gastrointestinal 58.9

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

Potato, pea and their refined proteins behind the insect hold it in the middle, and an unusually forthcoming label keeps anything from dragging it lower.

What's in it

Dehydrated insect33%Already dry, so the figure is close to what ends up in the kibble. The species is not named.
Dehydrated potato, potato starch, dehydrated peasThe binding.
Pea protein, sweet potatoPlant protein reads as support, not a second meat.
Cellulose, dehydrated beet pulp, yeastBulk without calories, and both kinds of fibre. Crude fibre lands at 6.6% of dry matter.
Minerals, potato protein
Sunflower oil, flaxseedNo fish oil, so the recipe is fish free.
Fructooligosaccharides0.7%Food for the good bacteria lower down.
Spirulina, Yucca schidigera extract0.4%, 0.2%Yucca for softening stool odour.
Choline chloride, glucosamine, chondroitin200 mg/kg each joint compound

Vitamins A, D3 and E, taurine, and every trace mineral dosed, as sulphates and oxides, the ordinary form.

Named ingredients

Dehydrated insect (33%), dehydrated potato, potato starch, dehydrated peas, pea protein, sweet potato, cellulose, dehydrated beet pulp, yeast, minerals, potato protein, sunflower oil, flaxseed, fructooligosaccharides (0.7%), spirulina (0.4%), Yucca Shidigera extract (0.2%), choline chloride, glucosamine (200 mg/kg), chondroitin (200 mg/kg).

Against the range

Dehydrated insect at 33% is the only animal protein. Potato, sweet potato and peas carry the starch with no cereal, beet pulp, cellulose and yeast give the fibre, and the prebiotic, joint pair and trace minerals all have printed doses.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

335.5 kcal/100g

Estimated using Modified Atwater factors*

Protein

25%

Fat

12.5%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

27.5%

Fat

13.7%

Fibre

6.6%

Ash

7.7%

Carbs

44.5%

As-fed composition

Estimated breakdown of the finished product by ingredient category, from the declared ingredient list and ingoing weights. These are estimates, not measurements.

Meat

33%

Carbs

62.9%

Veg

0.4%

Oils

0.2%

Other

3.5%

Pricing & size